Grade 4
Science/Meteorology


Content Standards:

Research and Information Fluency
Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. Students:
b) locate, organize, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media.

Student Learning Objective(s):

Students will demonstrate a mastery of one specific planet and present the information learned to the rest of their classmates.

Assessment: At the end of the lesson, students will take this quiz. Students must receive a score of 80% or higher to demonstrate mastery. http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/solar-system/space-quiz/

Materials and Resources:
Access to the internet

Initiation:
https://voicethread.com/share/4408770/

Lesson Development:

1. Watch the voice thread posted under initiation.

2. Play with this game to learn about the planets.
http://funschool.kaboose.com/globe-rider/space/games/game_planet_pursuit.html

3. For homework, use this website to gather the Fab 5 Facts about your planet.
(Fab 5 Facts: name of planet, number of moons, number of rings (if any), distance from the sun, and how long it takes to orbit the sun).
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/index.shtml

4. Take these quizzes individually. If you are incorrect, write down the question with the correct answer and hand it in as an additional homework assignment.

Closure:
To wrap up the lesson, students should combine all of the notes that they have acquired since the beginning of the lesson and make a PowerPoint presentation. Make sure for each planet, the Fab 5 Facts are included in the presentation.

Extension:

For a challenge, have students make a 3D representation of the planet that they were given. Have the students present the lesson to their classmates.